Akhil Paul and Anas Khan’s ‘Identity’, starring Tovino Thomas and Trisha, is a thriller that keeps you guessing, but it needed to be more nail-biting

The film is structured as a series of reveals that make you rethink what you think you know. The ideas are fantastic at a conceptual level, but something gets lost in the execution.

“Who is Haran Shankar?” This question comes up late in the film Identity, and it truly reflects the meaning of the title. Tovino Thomas plays Haran Shankar, and when we first meet this character, he is a boy who is arranging books in a medical library. How is he able to do something so advanced for his age? By way of an answer, we are told that Haran has obsessive personality disorder, and he is a perfectionist. And in our mind, we build a picture of him, which is consistent with the narrative for a while – and then this “identity” is shattered. Now, we wonder… “Who is Haran Shankar?” Is he a good guy or a bad guy? Sometime later, once again, Haran gets a new identity. As an aside, you should start taking a shot every time I use the word “identity” in this review because this intricate screenplay – by the directors Akhil Paul and Anas Khan – is woven around this single word. You can read the rest of the review here:

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